Crest Theatre

We recently saw Cyndi Lauper here and had wheelchair seating in the back of the main section. The seats were great until the show started and everyone stood up. I'm used to this however and politely asked the gentleman in front of me to stand just a few inches over and then I was able to get glimpses between the two sets of shoulders when she came to that side of the stage. That would have (mostly) worked except no one stayed in their seats and by that I mean that people were coming down from the much higher (and cheaper) seats to stand and crowd directly in front of the stage. People were in the aisles and all up against the stage for the entire show with not one word from the staff. Aside from the obvious fire hazard, the people who paid for the expensive seats now found their view blocked. The people in front of me kept having to shift to see and that meant that I spent most of the show staring at their shirts. The no photos or recording policy was blatantly disregarded as well; there was a guy who recorded the entire show not 5 feet from a security guard. I guess I shouldn't complain about that because some of my best glimpses of her came from phone screens. Guess next time I'll pay a lot less and then just shove my way to the front like everyone else. The staff doesn't seem to care.

Such a quaint  theatre with cool, artsy flicks. We were 2 of 5 viewers of our movie, fun experience.

June 7,8th was the EXTRABBAGANZA concert performed by the Sacramento Gay Mens Chorus The performance was awesome even thought the Crest was not constructed for a Choral performance and lacked any acoustical value.  To compound the lack of projection of voices due to this construction flaw, the dumb-ass sound manager refused to let them set up microphones within the chorus. This amateur decision caused the seats to the back of the theater to strain to hear some of the numbers. The soloists were up and down in volume also.  Fire the sound manager!!!. I hope this person is not employed when future live musical acts such as The Fab Four Beatles Tribute Band come to town.